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French Prime Minister Seeks Social Partner Consensus Amidst Planned October Protests
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu met with social partners twice before government formation, seeking input on social security funding, industrial revival, and labor market modernization, while facing planned October protests.
French Prime Minister Seeks Social Partner Consensus Amidst Planned October Protests
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu met with social partners twice before government formation, seeking input on social security funding, industrial revival, and labor market modernization, while facing planned October protests.
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12% Bias Score
Sordo Re-elected as CC OO Secretary General, Addresses Corruption and Economic Issues
Unai Sordo was re-elected secretary general of Spain's CC OO union on Saturday with 96% of the vote, addressing corruption, advocating for reduced working hours, affordable housing, and condemning the situation in Gaza.
Sordo Re-elected as CC OO Secretary General, Addresses Corruption and Economic Issues
Unai Sordo was re-elected secretary general of Spain's CC OO union on Saturday with 96% of the vote, addressing corruption, advocating for reduced working hours, affordable housing, and condemning the situation in Gaza.
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40% Bias Score
Spanish Business Leaders Warn of Social Dialogue Decline Due to Government Policies
Spain's CEOE president Antonio Garamendi warned of a decline in social dialogue due to government policies on working hours and minimum wage, potentially harming economic stability and social peace; this was discussed at a Congress of Deputies event attended by major business leaders who emphasized ...
Spanish Business Leaders Warn of Social Dialogue Decline Due to Government Policies
Spain's CEOE president Antonio Garamendi warned of a decline in social dialogue due to government policies on working hours and minimum wage, potentially harming economic stability and social peace; this was discussed at a Congress of Deputies event attended by major business leaders who emphasized ...
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48% Bias Score
France Relaunches Professional Retraining Negotiations
French social partners have relaunched negotiations on professional retraining, aiming to simplify access and improve the appeal of existing programs by June 2025, building on prior discussions and potentially amending a draft law.
France Relaunches Professional Retraining Negotiations
French social partners have relaunched negotiations on professional retraining, aiming to simplify access and improve the appeal of existing programs by June 2025, building on prior discussions and potentially amending a draft law.
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28% Bias Score
Unauthorized Changes Undermine Spain's Labor Reform
Yolanda Díaz's three-year-old labor reform in Spain has faced numerous unauthorized changes, bypassing social dialogue and commitments to the EU, including a recent extension of temporary agricultural contracts and altering the prevalence of collective bargaining agreements, causing significant crit...
Unauthorized Changes Undermine Spain's Labor Reform
Yolanda Díaz's three-year-old labor reform in Spain has faced numerous unauthorized changes, bypassing social dialogue and commitments to the EU, including a recent extension of temporary agricultural contracts and altering the prevalence of collective bargaining agreements, causing significant crit...
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40% Bias Score
Bayrou Rejects Retirement Age Rollback Amidst Disagreement with Philippe
French Prime Minister François Bayrou rejected calls to lower the retirement age from 64 to 62, sparking disagreement with Edouard Philippe who considers the current discussions obsolete due to the war in Ukraine and the need for defense spending.
Bayrou Rejects Retirement Age Rollback Amidst Disagreement with Philippe
French Prime Minister François Bayrou rejected calls to lower the retirement age from 64 to 62, sparking disagreement with Edouard Philippe who considers the current discussions obsolete due to the war in Ukraine and the need for defense spending.
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44% Bias Score
French Unions and Employers Protest Government Changes to Retraining Agreement
French employers and unions (excluding CGT) criticized government modifications to their June 25th professional retraining agreement, which allocates 50% of an employee's CPF for company-based retraining, inserted via amendment into a law also creating a senior CDI contract; they are urging the gove...
French Unions and Employers Protest Government Changes to Retraining Agreement
French employers and unions (excluding CGT) criticized government modifications to their June 25th professional retraining agreement, which allocates 50% of an employee's CPF for company-based retraining, inserted via amendment into a law also creating a senior CDI contract; they are urging the gove...
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36% Bias Score
CC OO Congress Highlights Corruption Concerns and Economic Challenges
The 13th CC OO Confederal Congress in Madrid addressed union demands and corruption allegations against former PSOE leaders, with discussions on housing affordability, work-hour reduction, and the importance of social dialogue, alongside a lack of alternative candidacies for the Secretary General po...
CC OO Congress Highlights Corruption Concerns and Economic Challenges
The 13th CC OO Confederal Congress in Madrid addressed union demands and corruption allegations against former PSOE leaders, with discussions on housing affordability, work-hour reduction, and the importance of social dialogue, alongside a lack of alternative candidacies for the Secretary General po...
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40% Bias Score
Valencian Budget Amended: Funding Cuts for Unions, Historical Memory; Increased Allocation to Religious Restoration
The PP and Vox parties in the Valencian parliament amended the 2025 budget, cutting €300,000 from unions and the CEV, redirecting funds to flood victims and an archbishopric for restoration under the 'Concordia' law, and removing funding from historical memory associations, sparking criticism.
Valencian Budget Amended: Funding Cuts for Unions, Historical Memory; Increased Allocation to Religious Restoration
The PP and Vox parties in the Valencian parliament amended the 2025 budget, cutting €300,000 from unions and the CEV, redirecting funds to flood victims and an archbishopric for restoration under the 'Concordia' law, and removing funding from historical memory associations, sparking criticism.
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56% Bias Score
Greece to Strengthen Collective Bargaining, Facing Extension Challenges
Greece launches talks between the government and social partners to create a roadmap by the end of 2024 to boost collective bargaining, aiming to increase the percentage of workers covered by collective agreements from 25-30% to 80%, facing challenges in extending agreements due to employer represen...
Greece to Strengthen Collective Bargaining, Facing Extension Challenges
Greece launches talks between the government and social partners to create a roadmap by the end of 2024 to boost collective bargaining, aiming to increase the percentage of workers covered by collective agreements from 25-30% to 80%, facing challenges in extending agreements due to employer represen...
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32% Bias Score
Spain's Labor Ministry and Employers Clash Over Automated Minimum Wage Hikes
Spain's Ministry of Labor proposed automating minimum wage increases, sparking conflict with employers who rejected the plan due to concerns about alignment with international standards and the potential annulment of the underlying EU directive; negotiations continue.
Spain's Labor Ministry and Employers Clash Over Automated Minimum Wage Hikes
Spain's Ministry of Labor proposed automating minimum wage increases, sparking conflict with employers who rejected the plan due to concerns about alignment with international standards and the potential annulment of the underlying EU directive; negotiations continue.
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40% Bias Score
French Union Defends Pension Reform Consultations Amidst Political Opposition
Amidst criticism from former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, CFDT head Marylise Léon defended social partner consultations on pension reform as "useful and necessary," emphasizing the need for social cohesion and rejecting the linkage of social welfare to the war in Ukraine; 11 meetings are schedul...
French Union Defends Pension Reform Consultations Amidst Political Opposition
Amidst criticism from former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, CFDT head Marylise Léon defended social partner consultations on pension reform as "useful and necessary," emphasizing the need for social cohesion and rejecting the linkage of social welfare to the war in Ukraine; 11 meetings are schedul...
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40% Bias Score
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